COURSE UNIT TITLE

: UNION MANAGEMENT AND PSYCHOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÇEK 6055 UNION MANAGEMENT AND PSYCHOLOGY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR TUNÇ DEMIRBILEK

Offered to

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to teach students the theoretical knowledge about organizational, managerial and behavioral characteristics of trade union and to gain students the ability to evaluate for the current problems of trade unions in changing socio-economic structure.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to distinguish trade union from other organizations
2   Being able to analyze the problems arising from the union's organizational and management structure
3   Being able to comprehend how to increase the effectiveness of the union
4   Being able to evaluate the attitudes and behaviors of the union member
5   Being able to interpret the changes in the fields of management and organization and organizational behavior in terms of trade union

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Trade Union as an Organization
2 Union Management
3 Trade Union Democracy
4 Trade Union Image
5 Trade Union Culture
6 Trade Union Leadership
7 Behavioral Sciences and Effectiveness of the Union
8 Midterm Exam
9 Trade Union Commitment
10 Trade Union Socialization
11 Attitudes and Behavior of Trade Union Members
12 Trade Union Participation
14 Trade Union Citizenship
15 Trade Union Satisfaction

Recomended or Required Reading

Leman Bilgin. (2007). Sendikalı Işçi Davranışlarının Psikolojik Boyutları, Eskişehir: AÜ., IIBF Yayınları No: 201.
Paul F. Clark. (2009). Building More Effective Unions [Electronic Resource], 2nd Edition, Ithaca : ILR Press/Cornell University Press.
Massimo Condinanzi, Allessandra Lang ve Bruno Nascimbene. (2008). Citizenship of The Union and Free Movement of Persons [Electronic Resource], Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers.
Tunç Demirbilek. (1996). Toplu Pazarlığın Davranışsal Boyutu, Izmir: Basisen Sendikası Yayın No: 28.
Tunç Demirbilek. (2010). Kişilik ve Toplu Görüşme, Izmir: DEÜ, IIBF Yayın No: 09.1600.0000.000/DK. 10.075.520.
Tunç Demirbilek ve Özlem Çakır (2004). Sendikal Bağlılık, Istanbul: Petrol-Iş Sendikası Yayın No: 91.
Edt.: David Lewin, Bruce E. Kaufman ve Paul J. Gollan. (2010). Advances in Industrial & Labor Relations. Volume 17, [Electronic Resource], Bingley, U.K. : Emerald.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Assignment, Presentation, Question-Answer, Discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

+ 90 0.232.3010351
t.demirbilek@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 04:00 pm-05:00 pm

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparing assignments 1 14 14
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 7 91
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 190

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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CONTACT INFORMATION
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